Vocabulary Words Quiz
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What does the word 'abscond' mean?

  • To burn to ashes
  • To overcome with fear
  • To free from complications
  • To run off and hide (correct)
  • Which part of speech is 'arduous'?

  • Verb
  • Adverb
  • Noun
  • Adjective (correct)
  • What does 'daunt' mean?

  • To clarify an issue
  • To intimidate or discourage (correct)
  • To run away
  • To inspire courage
  • What is the definition of 'anarchy'?

    <p>A lack of government and law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'auspicious' imply?

    <p>Favorable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes 'incinerate'?

    <p>To burn to ashes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'inanimate' mean?

    <p>Without life or energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is meant by 'larceny'?

    <p>The act of stealing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which word describes someone who is very brave?

    <p>Intrepid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'rectify' mean?

    <p>To make right or correct</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which word means 'to mislead by trickery'?

    <p>Hoodwink</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is indicated by the term 'precipice'?

    <p>A steep cliff</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which word means 'bending readily or easily influenced'?

    <p>Pliant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Vocabulary Words

    • abscond: (v.) to run off and hide
    • access: (n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) to get at, obtain
    • anarchy: (n.) a lack of government and law; confusion
    • arduous: (adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort
    • auspicious: (adj.) favorable; fortunate
    • daunt: (v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
    • disentangle: (v.) to free from tangles or complications
    • fated: (adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune
    • hoodwink: (v.) to mislead by a trick, swindle
    • inanimate: (adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit
    • incinerate: (v.) to burn to ashes
    • intrepid: (adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable
    • larceny: (n.) theft
    • pliant: (adj.) bending readily; easily influenced
    • pompous: (adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
    • precipice: (n.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
    • prototype: (n.) an original model on which later versions are patterned
    • rectify: (v.) to make right, correct
    • reprieve: (n.) a temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant a postponement
    • revile: (v.) to attack with words, call bad names

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